When Alexis Dupuis was born about 1788, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States, his father, Pierre Dupuis Sr., was 24 and his mother, Marie Josephe Francoise Normand, was 23. He married Elisabett Scallan on 20 September 1814, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died before 4 May 1838, in his hometown.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Jacques, Pierre, Armand, Cecile, Normand, Emile, Lucien, Marcel, Rosaire, Alphonse, Henri.
French:
topographic name for someone ‘from the well’, from Old French puis ‘well’, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’. Compare Dupee , Dupuie , Dupuy 2, and Wells .
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